Crop Progress – Harvest Begins. Crop Quality Rises for Corn & Beans Slips for Cotton & Peanuts

86% of the corn crop has is denting, up 11 points from last week and 5 ahead of the 5-year average. 35% of the crop has matured, up 13 points from last week and 14 over the 5-year average. Crop conditions improved as rains across much of the Midwest and Plains states drastically reduced drought conditions in Missouri and Kansas. The…